digiza
/diɡiza/
Definitions
1. bride's attendant, the woman who attends the young bride during the wedding customs
- kelin bla digiza birge keldile — the bride and her attendant came together
- digiza kelinni janında turadı — the attendant stands beside the bride
- digizasına berirge — to give it to her attendant
2. a nurse or governess kept to bring up the children of a household
- baynı üyünde digiza bar edi — there was a nurse in the rich man's house
- digiza sabiyni ösdürgen edi — the nurse had brought the child up
- digiza jaşçıqnı költürdü — the nurse picked the little boy up
3. a dear friend
- digizam, qaydasa? — my dear one, where are you?
- digizam, kel beri — my dear one, come here
- digizam, saw bol — thank you, my dear one
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| Singular | Plural | When to use it | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | digizathe bride's attendant | digizalathe bride's attendants | the plain dictionary form — the doer of the sentence |
| genitive | digizanıthe bride's attendant's | digizalanıthe bride's attendants' | the owner — whose it is |
| accusative | digizanıthe bride's attendant (as the object) | digizalanıthe bride's attendants (as the object) | a specific, known object — whom or what |
| dative | digizağato the bride's attendant | digizalağato the bride's attendants | direction or recipient — to where, to whom |
| locative | digizadaat / in the bride's attendant | digizaladaat / in the bride's attendants | where it is; also having — mende bar, "I have it" |
| ablative | digizadanfrom the bride's attendant | digizaladanfrom the bride's attendants | where it comes from; also "than" when comparing |
When to use each case
- nominative
- the plain dictionary form — the doer of the sentence
- genitive
- the owner — whose it is
- accusative
- a specific, known object — whom or what
- dative
- direction or recipient — to where, to whom
- locative
- where it is; also having — mende bar, "I have it"
- ablative
- where it comes from; also "than" when comparing
The endings are the same ones the pronouns wear — that page explains when each case is used.
With an owner
| One owned | Several owned | |
|---|---|---|
| my | digizammy bride's attendant | digizalarımmy bride's attendants |
| your | digizangyour bride's attendant | digizalarıngyour bride's attendants |
| his / her | digizasıhis / her bride's attendant | digizalarıhis / her bride's attendants |
| our | digizabızour bride's attendant | digizalarıbızour bride's attendants |
| you all's | digizağızyou all's bride's attendant | digizalarığızyou all's bride's attendants |
| their | digizalarıtheir bride's attendant | digizalarıtheir bride's attendants |
The overlap in the last rows is real, not a mistake: digizaları can mean "his / her bride's attendants", "their bride's attendant", or "their bride's attendants" — context decides.